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Show B6 Wednesday, July 9, 2003 apffDirite to SBomi By Maureen Rodeo in constant motion The sport of professional rodeo is in constant motion. Last weeks nobody is this weeks hero. Records are shattered, unrideable bulls are conquered, and a world champion hopeful goes in for knee surgery. All this and more happens all the time in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). The PRCA breaks down the nation into circuits; Utah, Idaho, and Nevada comprise the Wilderness Circuit. Our circuit is full of rodeo talent, including World Champion Bull rider. Blue Stone, World Bronc Rider, Lan Champion other Utah and many Lajuenese, residents, who are currently ranked in the top ten world standings. McKenzie Miller, a Utah barrel racer, Nate Baldwin and Clint Robinson, who are both calf ropers, are all in the race for a World Spencer Express Writer Dinosaur Rodeo Roundup President Scott Snyder told the Vernal Chamber of Commerce Tuesday that Vernal is a great town and a great place. Snyder continued by highly complimenting the hundreds of enthusiastic volunteer hours spent in n rodeo organizing the well-know- event. Of this years July tion Snyder says, same ole rodeo 2 Its producnot your Snyder, his Roundup Rodeo committee, area rodeo royalty and clowns were presented to the Chamber in recognition of the highly recognized Eastern Utah rodeo event. Speakers remarked that they felt the top 15 in every rodeo class were represented in the event com- Championship. In the past year, rodeo has moved into the media spotlight, becoming a premiere sporting event. The PRCA has signed contracts with ESPN, OLN (Outdoor Living Network), and CBS. All networks are eager to include major rodeo performances in their sports lineups. I believe fans of rodeo, here in Utah, are just as eager to see their favorite sport televised, and included in the local sports news coverage. petitions this year. Many world champions and record holders are participating. More NFR stock is being used this year than ever before. A new rodeo announcer, Wayne Brooks, will make his debut at this years rodeo. In all, 543 contestants are expected in this rodeo. Evening Cobble Rock rodeo entertainment until Friday begins at 8 p.m. this week. The Park is located on the comer of Main Street (Highway 40) and Vernal Avenue. Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo will be in full swing with Wednesdays 5 p.m. rodeo parade kicking off the activities at 6:30 p.m.. The parade will begin at the Post Office and run east on Highway 40 to the Western Park. The at 6:30 will feature the precision horse riding team, the Westcmnaires, from Wednesday Slack events, leading up the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo, get underway Tuesday. Tags go on sale July 17 5-- pre-sho- w Pre-sho- w through Saturday. A free childrens area with unique petting zoo, mechanical bull and e fair among the show will be open at the stoppers Western Park Wednesday through mini-trad- p.m. Saturday from Also beginning Wednesday is the annual Uintah Basin Arts and Crafts Fair on the lawns in front of the State and County Building Highway 40 and 100 East). The fair closes at dusk Wednesday through Saturday. Rodeo royalty and personalities will visit Maeser Connections to program. present a drug-fre- e Thursday evening an alcohol-fre- e kids night" Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo Dance will be held with great prizes. Rodeo royalty and personalities will visit the Rotary luncheon at noon Thursday, followed by an hour at the Uintah Care Center to visit with the residents, 1:30-2:3- 0 p.m. The Rodeo caravan will then attend a free Special Rodeo at 4 p.m. at the Western Park to give challenged children the opportunity to see what it is like to be in the rodeo and be able to visit the personalities. Friday and Saturday nights the Rodeo Dances with bikini contests and a live DJ will be held for persons over 21. Rodeo caravan will attend a noon Wendys Birthday Celebration on Friday. During the rodeo a silent auction will be taking place on a quilt donated by Jennifer Henline at Quilted Hens. The quilt will be on display at various locations around town during the week. All the competition does not take place during the nightly shows that Some timed event run July competition has already taken place. Barrel racing slack was held Monday and slack competition for timed events like steer wrestling, calf roping and team roping began Slack Tuesday and Wednesday. competition events are free to the public. YaEtoinig caire off ft Bn cowboys In 1980, J. Pat Evans, MD (Team Physician, Dallas Cowboys) and Don Andrews (Mobile Sports Medicine System) decided they would provide medical support services to professional rodeos. This innovative new sports medicine system linked a network of selected orthopedists, trauma specialists, athletic trainers, massage therapists, as well as hospitals and clinics around the nation to provide comprehensive medical coverage to the professional rodeo contestant. Recognizing the value of such a program and wanting to return the support of the cowboys who wore Justin products, in 1981 the Justin Boot Company became the only sponsor the program has known in its twenty-on- e years of service. From the back of a pickup truck at 10 Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association (PRCA) sanctioned rodeos, just 775 contestants were treated that first year. The Justin currently Sportsmedicine Team provides service to over 1 25 PRCA rodeos annually, while treating some 6,000 rodeo related injuries and illnesses. The Justin Sportsmedicine Team brings everything they need to provide the best possible medical care with them to the rodeo. At indoor events, sports medicine centers are set up in the buildings close to the arena floor. At outdoor rodeos, one of two uniquely designed mobile sports medicine centers are driven in and parked close to the arena. Each mobile sports medicine centrailer ter consists of a pulled by a Dodge Dually pickup truck and carries all the equipment and supplies common to medical facilities at the other major sports in this country. This includes specialized treatment tables, modalities (electric stim units, compression systems, hot and cold therapeutic packs, etc.), communications, and 40-fo- ot Pro roper Fred Whitfield-show- s up to this weeks rodeo. his stuff during slack events leading educational devices such as television monitors and videocassette recorders. Everything needed to provide the utmost in sports medicine services to these dedicated and unique professional athletes comes with the Justin Sportsmedicine Team to the event. The athletes know the value of the program and even go so far as entering rodeos that host the sports medicine staff when they are injured and in need of specialized medical treatment. "When you're injured and not at the top of your game you start looking in the ProRodeo Sports News to see were the Justin Sportsmedicine Team is and start entering around their schedule because if you are not at 90 your not going to win. It's a big relief to have the sports medicine guys around and knowing they are there and know how to treat our injuries, it's just a good feeling." Trevor Brazile, 3 time NFR Qualifier in Calf Roping and Team Roping The Justin guys are lifesavers. Ive been lucky to only get hurt when they were there. Whenever we need something theyre there to help. And they know we want to get back to work as soon as its safe, so they dont shouldnt. They say, How can we? Joe Baumgartner, 1992-200- 0 NFR Bullfighter The bull riders probably use them the most, but you see other guys and even the barrel racers in there. They help everybody in all the events. The help they give you is tremendous, but they also help educate the cowboys on how to tape, how to stretch and how to exercise an injury. Things like that make a big difference, too. Ty Murray, 7 time World say, No, you Champion Cowboy Outward Bound gives high adventures to students Outward Bound gives high adven- ture to students 8 Most are years of age, with 5 year olds attending Outward Bound Youth Discovery courses. Locally there are about 40 per cent female who attend to the 60 per cent males w ho take classes. Students are accepted at 14, and there is no age limit. Outward Bound West works with participants to place them in courses where they will be the most comfortable. The ratio in patrols is usually one instructor to every five students. it school charges a The variable fee depending upon location and activity. There are up to 25 percent of students who participate on scholarships. Tame is serving in his 12th year with the program, and his 9th school. Employment opportunities are listed at centers to enable directors and workers to follow the seasonal availability of positions worldwide. Staff must undergo a rigorous examination of their abilities and experiences before joining Outward Bound. Outward Bound West is a part of Outward Bound USA. The Outward Bound USA program is over 40 years old, and has 14-1- 14-1- The Jensen base camp of the Outward Bound West school gives personal growth through experience and challenges in the wilderness, says Jensen program manager Paul Tame. The programs are designed to be challenging, according to Tame, but they are not impossible. They are designed for self confrontation and growth. The river riding, rock climbing and desert skills courses directed from the Green River unit are designed to emphasize experiences and challenges in teamwork, confiresponsibility, dence, compassion, environmental and community stewardship. "We have a 'leave no trace' ethic in the wilderness," Tame points out. They camp on rocks to avoid damaging vegetation, use soft soled shoes and use stoves instead of fires. Satellite phones have recently been added to equipment lists, to enable faster responses to emergencies. Most of the students attending Jensen courses are not from Utah. e, i. non-prof- The remaining Utah general season deer and elk tags will go on sale at 7:30 the morning of July 17. The tags will be sold at vendors throughout the State and over the Internet. Roughly 3,300 tags are available for rifle and muzzleloader deer hunters in the Northeastern Region and approximately 15,900 tags in the Northern Region. There are also close to 8,000 statewide archery tags available. For the first time, vendors other than the Division offices will be able to tie into the States electronic sales system to sell deer tags. With 33 vendors as of this writing and others applying weekly, the availability of these tags has increased dramatically. Another way to purchase tags is over the Internet Just go to the website at Divisions www.wildlife.gov and then follow the buttons to the license and tags sales section, fill out the form and purchase the tag with a credit card. General season elk tags will also go on sale on July 17th. These tags do not need to go through the States electronic system and so can be purchased at most license vendors as well as over the internet. Fish limits increase on Calders Effective July 7, 2003 the daily bag and possession limits for all game fish will be increased to eight (8) for Calder Reservoir in Uintah County announced Kevin Conway Director for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR). Low water levels in Calder Reservoir initiated this emergency change. We elected to increase the limit, said Walt Donaldson, UDWR Wed rather regional supervisor. give anglers the chance to harvest these fish rather than see them die of a summer or winter kill due to the low water conditions caused by four years of drought. According to UDWR biologists the reason for the emergency increase in the bag limit from four to eight is the drought Diamond Mountain doesnt have a very large drainage area to draw from. There was virtually no run-o- ff last year and the little bit of snow from last winter didnt supply enough run-oto raise the reservoir levels. Early in June, the UDWR released water from Matt Warner Reservoir to Calder Reservoir in an attempt to save Calder by reducing the potential of a summer kill. However, as water levels continue to drop due to the summer heat and evaporation, the biologists predict a partial or total fish kill in the reservoir this coming winter. Only the daily bag limit at Calder Reservoir has been changed. All other regulations remain in effect including the four fish limit found at Matt Warner Reservoir. ff more than 500,000 alumni. There are 60,000 youth and adults who take a program within the national organization each year. Outward Bound USA has four wilderness schools, two urban cen ters and a primary and secondary school reform program. -- POOR |